https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:07:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119597 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:09:43 +0000 Jess1483 2119597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do one at my parents' house with others age 5, 9, and 10. The kids are all old enough to leave the really obvious ones there for my guy. My parents always staggered the start times by age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119405 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:39:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2119405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we do one at home that's been a family tradition in DH side. We've done it every year and may ramp up the hiding spots this year. In years past it's been on a ledge, table etx.<br /> FIL used to hide them in lampshades, ceiling fans etc! LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119383 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:34:51 +0000 looch 2119383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to one last year at my brother's house, my son was middle of the pack in terms of age and we steered him off to a corner and he picked up all the eggs in that area. He's really into surprise eggs and he loved opening up the eggs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119381 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:33:39 +0000 Foodnerd81 2119381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't been yet (we were away for easter last year and c was only 7 months, not even crawling really). Not sure if they will do it this year since it was at the library and the children's librarian just left. But there were two age groups, not sure of the breakdown. </p> <p>@Mamaof2: so smart! I never thought of that and now it seems so obvious! Growing up, I was one of 5 kids. Everyone was allowed to find X number of eggs and once you found your number you had to stop looking. The age range was big enough that the oldest siblings weren't jerks to the baby (my brother is 11 years older than my youngest sister. Taking her eggs is just mean). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119373 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:31:42 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2119373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did one last weekend and the age group we were in was 0-2, but there were families there that brought their older kid and let them hunt with the littles. At first I was annoyed, but LO only picked up one egg and was happy with just a few in her basket, so I was happy. And like @blackbird: said, the candy wasn't that good. Not a single piece of chocolate. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119353 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:26:27 +0000 mediagirl 2119353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: SERIOUSLY. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119350 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:25:37 +0000 mrsjyw 2119350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL does one in their yard/house every year on Easter. Used to be one for DH and I (no joke)! Now she does it for DS. We haven't taken him to a large one yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119346 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:24:38 +0000 mrbee 2119346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: That's so smart!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119340 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:23:25 +0000 Smurfette 2119340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think ours is 2 and under, 3-4, and then 5 and up. I am not worried about it. I think she will love it no matter what. She will love just putting any eggs in her basket. </p> <p>We do one with family after church at my parents house. The big kids know that the ones that are easier to find are for the little kids and they leave them for them to find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119333 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:20:36 +0000 blackbird 2119333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went last year and E just sat in a little corner and put the same dozen eggs in her basket over and over. then i dumped them out and she did it again. I sat next to her so nobody came over and blatantly took the dozen eggs she was playing with, plus it kept her from being trampled</p> <p>PEOPLE, THE CANDY ISN'T EVEN THAT GOOD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119314 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:14:49 +0000 Greentea 2119314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: hahaha! A-hole parents :)</p> <p>We might try this year (uh!) just for her though, I'll push through to give her the experience! Not sure of the age ranges, they just say the littles go first. Yelp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119243 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:49:17 +0000 Truth Bombs 2119243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went last year when my daughter was about 18 months and she had a blast. I think at ours, 5 and under were all together. Obviously the big kids got more eggs but the little kids were too young to care so it didn't really matter. My daughter and her friends had a great time. I think these events are what you make of them. We were really happy and excited and that meant our LO was happy and excited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119229 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:43:00 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2119229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Separate colors for each kid is such a great idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119224 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:41:27 +0000 Anagram 2119224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also going to do toddler friendly stuff: Cheerios, stickers, puffs, grapes, blueberries, Annie's fruit snacks, some small toys, and maybe a few chocolates for the parents to eat, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119221 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:40:23 +0000 Anagram 2119221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hosting a playdate/easter egg hunt this year. Our building has a courtyard with a grassy area, so I invited about 6 toddler/parent friends over for some Easter crafts and a toddler egg hunt.</p> <p>There's really just grass, so they won't really be "hidden", but they are all 20 months or younger, so hopefully that won't matter. I'm just going to do 10 eggs per kid and tell the parents how many each kid gets. The colors are a good idea though--if the colors in the egg packages equal how many kids we have, I may try that instead! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119214 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:35:54 +0000 mediagirl 2119214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: that's super smart! Maybe I'll just have a couple of friends with kids over to do an egg hunt this weekend instead of going to the big one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119210 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:34:18 +0000 Adira 2119210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: That's a great idea! I'll have to suggest it this year so we don't have that issue again. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119206 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:31:07 +0000 Mamaof2 2119206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: what we do for the family egg hunt is that each child gets a color - DS is blue so he has to find all the blue eggs - DD was pink, niece was purple, nephew was green, etc etc</p> <p>That way one kid doesn't end up with all the eggs and for the older kids you can make them more challenging to find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119204 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:29:16 +0000 Adira 2119204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never done a big official one, but we did one last year with family. It was a disaster. Xander was only 1 and his two cousins were 2 and 8!! The 8 year old just ran around as fast as he could and grabbed EVERYTHING! I was like "What was the point of this?" Luckily the two little kids were too young to really care, but I was kind of annoyed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119198 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:27:54 +0000 Mamaof2 2119198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried last year and they are too hectic for my kids - we will do one at home and one at my moms</p> <p>Cant remember the age range breakdown - </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easter-egg-hunts-1#post-2119191 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:24:19 +0000 mediagirl 2119191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Will you/did you go to one? What was the age range?</p> <p>I really don't understand our town's age range. They do:<br /> 0-3<br /> 4-5<br /> 6-8</p> <p>The 0-3 range is SO bad. You have babies and you have preschoolers (and then all their ahole parents) going in one group. The poor babies get trampled and the bigger kids pretty much just rule the thing. </p> <p>I may or may not have called the organizer last year and suggested a smaller range (0-1, 2-3) but she obviously didn't listen.... :)</p> <p>I'm not sure if we'll go this year. We will go to the one at my parents house on Easter weekend, though. </p>